I've experienced the same wiper noise with my '04 Accord EX sedan. It does seem
out of place for a new car. I think I'll visit the dealer to have this problem
looked at as well...

Bryan

Howard Lester wrote:

> I have an '04 Accord EX sedan. The driver's side wiper makes an annoying,
> loud squeak at each end of its travel, no matter how much or how little
> water is hitting the windshield at any given time. The dealer changed the
> inserts, but to no avail. Next they tried adjusting the tension. No dice.
> (Just what they did, and to what, I do not know.) After that, I checked the
> tension myself. Lifting the passenger side wiper, the tension feels
> "normal," but the driver's side tension feels enormous. One time I lifted it
> it slipped out of my hand. I believe that that pressure of the wiper blade
> (insert) upon the windshield is causing the squeak. The service advisor told
> me to bring it in again, and we'll first see if other cars have the same
> problem....
>
> In advance of that, I'm surveying you who have '03's to '05's to see if the
> tension of the driver and passenger wipers is as disparate as mine, and if
> you're enduring this same squeaking.
>
> Howard